We're back!

I am so sorry it has taken us this long to get out an update, but we've had an eventful few days:

Hospital visitors: Thanks to everyone who came and visted us in the hospital. We have some great pics of my aunts, the granparents, Michael, Jay, Jess, Kathryn, Nat, Kasey, Hamiltons, and the Williams. And thank you to everyone who brought food and sent flowers. All of his was very appreciated! As was all of the phone calls, texts and emails.

Friday day and night: Charlie and I took a breastfeeding class, which was full of helpful hints. But, the instructor also made me feel guilty about not having Charlie "room-in" with us at night (during the days he was in our room from 6am-11pm). We hadn't been rooming in only because I was in so much pain. And I knew that in order to take care of Charlie, I had to take care of myself first, like being able to get up out of bed and pick him up... that would be step 1 and was something that I couldn't even attempt until Thursday night. So anyhow, Friday night was when Charlie got circumsized. Because of this (and because of the guilt), I felt like we could try and let Charlie "room-in" that night. Well, Charlie's curcumcision had some minor complications, so we had a nurse coming in every 15 min. to check it which lead me to think that maybe we should keep him in the nursery so that she can monitor him better. After much crying until about 2:30 am I gave in and let them take him to the nursery.

Saturday: We decided to come on home on Saturday, so that was a full day of sitting and waiting for the hospital to discharge both me and Charlie. We had our discharge class, Charlie saw the pediatrician, and Patrick and my dad packed up all of our belongings. We got home around 3:00 pm and immediately went to work starting to get Charlie accustomed to his new life at 9105 Aldwick. Patrick and I were both exhausted, so we didn't have any visitors come that day.

Saturday night: We had Charlie sleep in our room Saturday night, which went OK... not horrible, but not great either. Charlie was and is feeding like a champ (about an hour each feeding!), but the sleeping at night needs work. Saturday night he started off in his bassinet and then ended up rotating on and off of my and Patrick's chests. We figured that for that night our focus would be on getting him into a good feeding schedule, and we would work on the sleeping on Sunday night (and working on us not grabbing him every time he makes a peep. :)

Sunday: We had some TCU visitors who came and brought us lots of goodies. (Thanks Lukowski's and Greer's!) Shortly after their visit I started getting the shakes and my insides started REALLY hurting. We took my temp, and it was getting up to 101.4! So, we called the doctor and ended up having to make a trip up to the hospital. I, apparently have an infection on my incision and was given meds to help me out. Over night my fever broke and is consistently running around 98.4. I feel TONS better today.

Sunday night: Charlie slept with us again, since I was not completely mobile (getting in and out of bed REALLY hurts, but is getting better with time. So, he slept in a little bed bassinet in between us all night (thanks Jess for letting us borrow that!) He did great. We fed for about an hour each time and he would sleep between 2-3 hours between each feeding. And he would sleep in his little bed bassinet, not on our chests! Yay! I think he is slowly getting ready for his big boy bed.

Today has gone great. I am feeling much better, and Charlie is eating and sleeping so great. Patrick has been a HUGE help. He is definitely the more active parent right now. He brings him to me, I feed, he changes diapers, swaddles, cuddles, soothes, ect. We both agreed that at this time I need to focus on getting myself well, and he can take on Charlie duties! And, Hank came home today (thanks to the Allen's for keeping him for the last week). Hank likes to lick Charlie some but is mostly just intrigued with him. And, he's only jumped on my stomach twice! (We have lots to work on!).

OK- I'm off to another feeding. Here are some more recent pics:

Day 1 & 2 Pictures

Click this link to enjoy some more pictures. We're still doing good.

Charlie- Day 1 and 2

And Charlie's first bath.

Charlie's 1st Bath

Day 1

Charlie's first night was great. He's feeding well, and the pediatrician says he is in perfect health.

Jennifer is a little sore from the surgery but is still very happy.

We are in Room 508 at Presby and will be here until Saturday morning. We're happy to accept visitors but you may want to call beforehand to make sure that Jenn and Charlie are able to see you (nobody wants to come up here and just hang out with me).

Mr. Jimmy and Jay Muslow and Bob Allen have all stopped by to say hello today.

From Charlie

Live from Presby 7.0 - CHARLIE TIME!

Charles Patrick arrived at 7:30pm on the dot, weighing in at 7 lbs, 3 oz. Mother and Son are doing great. Daddy is proud of both of them!

Pictures!

Charlie

Live from Presby 6.0

C-Section time! OUT!

Live from Presby 5.0

We have made some progress. Jenn is now dilated to a 4 or 5 and 80% effaced; Charlie will be born today. Get ready...

Live from Presby 4.2

....and she's awake. Charlie's heartbeat continues to vascilate between 130 and 150 beats per minute, while Jenn's blood pressure remains quite strong at 90 over 60 (came down dramatically after the epidural). As long as Jenn's blood pressure stays good, and Charlie's heart beat stays strong, we'll stay the course. We cannot see the finish line yet but are still running the race. Stay tuned.

Live from Presby 4.1

Still napping...

Live from Presby 4.0

The epidural has been added, but no real changes here, still dilated to a 3. Nap time.

From Hospital

Live from Presby 3.0

The water has broken.

Live from Presby 2.1

Other than a visit to the delivery room from Team Muslow, nothing new to report. Still getting pumped with Petocin, probably for another hour.

Live from Presby 2.0

We are mobile and have moved to the delivery room. The Petocin drip has started, and contractions are coming every 2-5 minutes. She is definitely feeling the contractions now. Blood pressure is good, 108 over 67. Jenn is still 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced, so no change there. She is hungry now.

Live from Presby

This is Patrick. 5am here at Presby. We are in pregame right now, one hour from getting things started. We checked into the hospital last night around 6pm to get Jenn started on medicine and IVs for the induction this morning. Jenn had to spend most of the night laying on her side and has been pretty uncomfortable, for the most part. She was given Cervidil (sp?) around 8pm and has been having contractions ever since. Contractions have been consistent but not painful. They brought Jenn a small meal, which she somewhat enjoyed, only because she won't be allowed to eat again for awhile. She also had some sunset fajitas from Mi Cocina around 5pm yesterday, so she was well fed prior to check-in.

I watched the Mavs/Spurs game and had to switch over to The Office re-runs when the game got out of hand. Many thanks to Mom and Dad for bringing me a sandwich when they came to visit last night. Ever the boy scout, I did not include eating in my plans. I slept a little here and there, Jenn did not sleep much at all to be honest. From laying on her side, she was able to view a couple magazines for entertainment.

Jenn

From Hospital

Patrick

From Hospital

We are excited to get the day started and will keep everyone updated as much as possible.